2016 Oscars: Nominations Announced

The 2016 Oscar nominations have been announced, just days after the Golden Globe Awards - and there are a few Brits' names in the running.

The ever-glamorous Charlotte Rampling has been nominated for a best actress for her role in 45 Years, Kate Winslet is up for best supporting actress for her part in Steve Jobs, the biopic about the Apple founder while Eddie Redmayne, who won a best actor Oscar last year for the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything, is up again for best actor for The Danish Girl and Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies.

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Singer-songwriter Sam Smith has been nominated for best original song for Writing's on the Wall which featured in the latest James Bond film Spectre.

The Oscars - or Academy Awards to give them their proper name - will be held in Hollywood on February 28.